G3 Enterprises Byron Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was on platform of 980 wheel loader cleaning the front window when EE slipped and lost EE's grip on the hand-hold. EE fell over the side, hitting the wheel well and then to ground. The wiper dispenser wasn't working well. The platform footing may have had dew causing the slip but not identified at time of inspection. Employee later complained that EE's back was sore.

A slow leak of a reagent tote spilled to ground while the plant was closed. The vapors/fumes were blown in the direction of the operator by the wind which was inhaled by the operator and upset EE's stomach. Later, the operator felt additional symptoms (headache, nausea) and vomited. Diagnosis was chemical inhalation irritation.

Employee was setting up a 10" by 8' plastic pipe (35-40 lbs.) under a loadout bin. As they started to lift the pipe, the felt a pain in right shoulder and set the pipe back down. Employee stated they didn't lift the pipe from the end and walk to a near vertical position as was common, but attempted to lift the pipe from the bottom 1/3 of length on opposite end. Reported 8/15/22.

The employee was attempting to access the cab of the Case skid steer. On EE's approach, EE tripped on the edge of the bucket and stumbled/fell into the bucket and struck EE's right thigh and forearm on the bucket.

Injured worker was holding an 8" bolt in left hand while another worker was striking head of bolt with a sledge. During a strike, the sledge missed bolt head and struck the injured workers left hand causing a fracture to the tip of employee's left ring finger.

The worker was walking down a slight incline on a hillside while inspecting a fenceline at an area away from all mining activity. While in stride, employee's lead foot (right) slipped on dry grass. As momentum carried employee forward, back foot caught on something and stayed in place causing a sprained left ankle.

Driver felt foggy and disoriented when truck finished being loaded. As EE drove away, felt hot and uncomfortable and stopped to get out for fresh air. As EE exited the truck feeling disoriented, stumbled from the step and fell to ground. A doctor said that dehydration and drop in blood pressure caused the disorientation resulting in the fall to ground and injury.

Plant Manager was in office when EE experienced chest pain. Weigh master called 911. Plant Manager was taken by ambulance to local hospital. Plant Manager never lost consciousness or needed CPR. Plant Manager underwent angioplasty procedure and received (2) stents to open artery blockages. Plant Manager was admitted to hospital and had overnight stay.

The worker saw what he believed to be a piece of slag on a steel support. While using a 4 lb sledge hammer to position an I-beam between 2 supports, he made contact with the side of one of the supports while hammering in the downward position. The area where he noticed slag was in fact a sharp edge in which he made contact with. Worker was wearing gloves at time of incident.

The operator opened a screen door in the screen house and as he was brushing the screen with a long-handled brush heard a loud noise and the screen door then dropped onto his right arm causing a contusion. The cable that is attached to the screen door to assist in opening the door broke from the counterweight causing the door to drop.

Suspected Pneumoconiosis

Climbing ladder to do maintenance on screen on our extec screen machine. He said he slipped and grabbed on to the hand rail. He came back to work for next day we requested a doctor visit before returning. He returned on 4/25/06, 4/26/06 and 4/27/06. Then went to a chiropactor and was told to stay off work until futher notice.

Ee began to lose his balance, coming down some stairs in screen house, between #2 & #3 screens. To regain balance, he grabbed the sides of the screens. In doing so, he jabbed his left thumb into a blunt edge of a piece of rectangular steel on #3 screen. Upon initial consultation ee thought he didn't need medical attention. After continued tenderness he was sent to comp dr 4/16.

EE WAS HELPING A MAINT MAN CHANGE A SCRAPER CUTTING EDGE. THE JACK USED TO LIFT THE EDGE DID NOT RAISE HIGH ENOUGH TO LINE UP BOLT HOLES. EE USED 4 BY 4 PIECE OF WOOD AND PLACED IT ON HE JACK STAND, THAN PLACED THE CUTTING EDGE ON TOP OF IT. BECAUSE THE EDGE/ WOOD WAS NOT SECURED OR CONTROLLED, IT SLIPPED AND SHIFTED CATCHING THE EE'SFOREARM BETWEEN CUTTING EDGE AND PADDLE.

EE CLAIMED THAT HE TRIPPED OVER A PUMP SUPPORT STAND, AN AREA THAT IS NOT A WALKWAY WHILE INSPECTING A SUMP. AS HE CAME DOWN OFF THE PAD, HE LANDED ON HIS KNEE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND TWIST ED IT. EE CONTINUED WORK NEXT 2 WEEKS WITHOUT NOTIFICATION TO EMPLOYER. ON 7-19-02 EE RAN TO TURN ON/OFF A PUMP & WHILE RUNNING FELT A POP IN HIS KNEE. IT WAS LATER DETERMINE TO BE A SPRAINED

EE WAS ON A LADDER CUTTING BOLTS FROM BETWEEN 2 FLANGES ON A WATER LINE. ANOTHER EE IN THE AREA WAS TALKING TO HIM, WHEN HE TURNED TO SEE WHAT THEY WANTED, HE ACCIDENTLY MOVED THE TORCH ACROSS HIS LEFT FOREARM. EE WAS BARE-ARMED AND NOT WEARING ANY PROTECTIVE ARM COVERUINGS.

EE WAS CLIMBING A SET OF STAIRS ON THE THIRD LEVEL OF THE SCREEN HOUSE, THE NORTH SIDE, TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE FINISHED PRODUCT SILOS ROOF TOPS. AS HE STEPPED UP TOWARD THE THIRD STEP OF THREE, WITH HIS LEFT FOOT, HIS RT BOOT LIP CAUGHT THE REBAR/GRATING ON THE STEP, CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD INTO THE CORNER OF THE SCREEN DECK, BOTH HANDS WERE CARRYING TOOLS.

LEVEL GROUND, CLEAR DAY. THE EE PULLED THE HOSE OFF THE STORAGE BACK TO WASH DOWN HIS VEHICLE AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. WHILE PULLING THIS HOSE HIS RIGHT HAND WAS BELOW THE NOZZLE WHERE A HOSE CLAMP WAS WITH AN ENTERED FLAP. AS HE PULLED AND TURNED THE FLAP FROM THE HOSE CLAMP LACERATED HIS RIGHT THUMB.

THE INJURED EE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES WHEN SHOVELING WET SAND FROM DRAIN BIN #1.

EE WAS NOT USING A LADDER AT THE TIME OF PERFORMING HIS TASK. EE STATED THAT ANOTHER EE WAS USING THE LADDER AT THE TIME. THERE IS ONLY ONE LADDER THAT WILL FIT IN THIS AREA. EE USED THE HANDR AILING TO STEP UP ON & LET HIMSELF DOWN.

EE SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON A STRUCTURAL BEAM UNDER THE WET SCREEN.

ON MONDAY 7-14-97 EE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A DRIVE BELT GUARD.

EE WAS GRINDING ON SEVERAL PIECES OF WIDE BEAM IN THE SHOP AREA FOR A PUMP BASE. A PIECE OF STEEL SLAG GOT INTO EE S EYE.

SHARP OBJECT (LATCH) ON PICKUP DOOR.

EE WAS CUTTING A WORN PIECE OF PIPE OUT OF A STATIC CONE. AFTER CUTTING THE TOP OFF HE REMOVED HIS GLOVE & REACHED DOWN TO FEEL THE BOTTOM OF THE PIPE THAT WAS UNDER THE SAND.

EXTREME HIGH WINDS NOTE EMPLOYEE DENIED MEDICAL CARE UNTIL 06-20-95

EE WAS SHOVELING IN THE BC-04 TUNNEL. WHEN LIFTING A SHOVEL OF DIRT HE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS GROIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A BUCKET ON INTERNATIONAL LOADER. HAD PROBLEMS ALIGNING LINK TO HOLE TO INSTALL A PIN.

SCRAPER SEAT SLAMMED DOWN A BOTTOM OUT PER EE SEVERAL TIMES WHILE OPERATING THE SCRAPER IN AN EIGHT HOUR PERIOD. WE ARE FILING THIS REPORT, BECAUSE AS OF THIS DATE WE HAVE TWO CONFLICTING DIAG NOISES ONE IT IS A NEW INJURY AND THE SECOND BEING AN AGGREVATION OF AN OLD INJURY.

EE WAS REPLACING THE DUST CONTROL BOOT FOR THE #1 & #2 LOADOUT BELT. HE HAD INSTALLED THE RETAINER RING ON THE BOOT & WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE THE COMBINATION ON, AS HE WAS LIFTING UP HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

EE HAD CLIMBED UP THE STIARS TO THE PU-11C SUMP TO CHECK THE SOLIDS. COMING DOWN, HE LOST HIS BALANCE TOWARDS THE LAST STEP. IN TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE HE BAGAN TO FALL AND ONCE REACHING THE CONCRETE HE STEPPED ON A TWO INCH WATER HOSETHAT WAS LYING NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHEN HE FELL.

SPIDER BITE (EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO DOCTOR)

EE WAS DRIVING A SCRAPER, HE NOTICED THAT THE SEAT SEEMED TO LOOSE, CONTINUED TO DRIVER BUT AT A LOWER SPEED. HE HIT A POT HOLE IN THE HAUL ROAD AND THE FRAME WHICH SUPPORTS THE SEAT BROKE. WH EN IT BROKE IT SLAMMED DOWN UNDER HIS WEIGHT CAUSING A SUDDEN JAR TO HIS LOWER BACK. THE SEAT ALSO LEANED TOWARDS THE LEFT CAUSING THE EE S SHOULDER TO HIT THE WINDOW.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED PAIN TO SUPERVISOR ON MARCH 24 1993 HE WAS OFFERED TIME OFF TO GO TO THE DOC EMPLOYEE DECLINED HE DID NOT KNOW HOW WHERE OR WHEN HE WAS HURT MARCH 31 1993 SUBJECT SAID PAIN W AS TOO GREAT & WENT HOME STILL NO CAUSE OF INCIDENT OR TIME OF OCCURRANCE

ELECTRICAL AREA WAS FILLED WITH WATER. THE PORTABLE WATER PUMPS BECAME INCAPACITATED. SUBJECT WENT INTO BAIL OUT WATER AFTER PG&E TURNED OFF ELECTRICITY. SUBJECT PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK BAIL ING WATER. SUBJECT DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL APPROX. 11:00AM THE NEXT DAY 3-1-93.

COMING BACK FROM PIT WITH A LOAD INT EH SCRAPER, SOMETHING BROKE JARRING SCRAPER AND OPERATOR.

WEATHER WAS FOGGY AND RAINY AREA WAS WETWHERE EE WAS WORKING. USING KNIFE TO CUT HOSE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT SKIN BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINER. TAKEN TO DR WHERE FOUR STICHES WERE PUT IN HA ND.

USING A SCREWDRIVER AND HAMMER TO PUNCH A HOLE IN AN OIL FILTER. THE FIRST HOLE WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO TURN THE FILTER. STABBING WITH THE SCREWDRIVER A SECOND TIME, THE RECOIL FROM THE STABBI NG CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND HIT THE RADIATOR WITH HIS RIGHT ELBOW. DR. REPORT STATES THAT HE HAS OLECRANON BURSITIS WITH BONY SPUR.

57395MELY TURBULENT AIR CURRENTS

AREA WAS WINDY, SUBJECT WAS WEARING RESPIRATOR, SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD WEARING THE RESPIRATOR CAUSED A GAP BETWEEN FACE AND SAFETY GLASSES. THE METAL ENTERED THROUGH THE GAP.

ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER THAT WAS WELDED INSIDE A SQUARE TANK THAT HAD BEEN DRAINED. THE LADDER HAD 10 RUNGS MADE FROM 3/4" STEEL BAR, WELDED TO THE TANK. WHEN T HE OPERATOR REACHED THE SECOND STEP FROM THE BOTTOM, THE RUNG BROKE LOOSE, WHERE IT WAS WELDED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS LEFT HANGING FROM HIS ARM FROM THE STEP ABOVE HIS HEAD.

EMPLOEYE WAS PLACING DRISCO PIPE INFUSION PIPE MACHINE CLAMPING SADDLE.WHILE SETTING TOP CLAMP DOWN TO MEET WITH THE BOTTOM CLAMP,THE TOP CLAMP FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEES FINGER.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN THE FORK TO ENTER THE FORK SADDLE UNDER THE MAN LIFTING BASKET. HE WAS SLIDING THE FORK TO THE CENTER OF THE DYRAULIC MASK CYLINDER CATCHING LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE FORK AND FORK CARRIAGE.

HE WAS WORKING INT HE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HEWAS PERFORMING A CUTTING TASK ON THE WELDING BENCH. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND WELDING HOOD. DURING HIS WORK A PIECE OF SLAG WAS BLOWN UNDER HIS WELDING HOOD AND INTO HIS EYE. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT THE NEXT DAY COMPLAINING OF DISCOMFORT 5-10-91. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY SENT TO THE CLINIC FOR AN EXAMINATION.

SILICOSIS.

WHILE ADJUSTING WATER ON WET SCREEN ROCK BOUNCED OFF & STRUCK EMPL ON CHEEK BREAKING PARTIAL PLATE PLUS FRATURING TEETH #4,6,27.

HE WAS WORKING WITH A FELLOW EMPLOYEE INSTALLING A BYPASS BOX FOR THE SCRUBBER. SOMETIME DURING THE DAY HE GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE. AFTER HE GOT HOME FROM WORK HE NOTICED SOMET HING WAS IRRITATING HIS RIGHT EYE. HE CAME TO WORK 12-7-89 AND THE COMPANY SENT HIM TO THE DOCTOR. HE HAD A PIECE OF METAL IN THE EYE.

WHILE DRIVING D9G TO THE OVERSIZE POND AREA TO PUSH SAND THE FUEL LINE BORKE SPRAYING FUEL IN THE OPERATOR'S AREA AND IGNITED OFF ELECTRICAL WIRES. THE OPERATOR SHIFTED THE D9G INTO NEUTRAL AN D JUMPED OFF THE OPERATOR PLATFORM. WHEN HE LANDED HE FELL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM.

I NAME WAS OPERATING THE WET PROCESS HE WAS CHECKING THE OVERSIZE PUMP PU-05 IT WASNT PUMPING RT HE WALKED UP T O LOOK AT IT IT STARTED TO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE & HE BACKED AWAY HE WAS ABOUT 1 0FT AWAY WHEN THE OUTSIDE CASE ON THE PUMP EXPLODED INTO PIECEWS BLOWING THE PUMP ABOUT 10FT FROM THE TANK & I NAME WAS HIT IN THE H IP WITH A PIECE OF THE PUMP

I.NAME HOISTING BUCKET OF BELT CLIPS-ABOUT 20 LB OVER HANDRAIL BY WALKWAY ALONG CONVEYOR BELT.FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.THOUGHT HE HAD SLIPPED DISK.WENT TO EMERGENCY HOSPITAL TO HAVE IT CHECKED.IT WAS ONLY BACK MUSCLE STRAIN.

EMP WAS ON A PL5TFORM TO REMOVE ROCKS FROM A GRIZZLY, WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER FROM THE PLATFORM, HE LET GOT OF THE HAND-RAIL ON THE PLATFORM AND TRIED TO G RAB THE SIDE OF THE LADDER. H IS FEET WERE AB2UT TWO FEET FROM THE GROUND. FAILING TO GRAB THE LADDER HE TRIED TO STEP DOWN HIS FEET LANDED ON ROCKS CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND BREAKING HIS R ANKLE

EE WAS HOLDING 5 PIECE OF ELECTRICAL SEAL LIGHT FLEXIBLE CONDUIT WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS CUTTING IT WITH A HACKSAW. SAW JAMMED IT WAS PULLED BACK & IT CUT THE EES FINGER.

HE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RT HAND

THE MAN WAS WORKING ON A PUMP AND WHILE HE WAS REPLACING ONE OF THE PARTS HE STRAIN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS SAWING 1/4 INCH STEEL PLATE WITH SKIL SAW WHEN PIECE OF STEEL GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF CONVEYOR WITH SAFETY CABLE PULLED TRYING TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK WHEN THE ROCK FELL DOWN AND LANDED ON HIS THUMB.

LADDER SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS CLEANING A BASKET IN THE FLOAT PLANT AREA. HE FELL AGAINST A TANK. WENT TO DR. AND REPORTED INJURY RIBS. ON 5-18-84 ENTERED THE HOSPTIAL WITH POSSIBLE CRACKED RIBS AND PLURSEY DUE TO THE EARLIER ACCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SECTION OF 6IN PIPE UP WITH A COM-A-LONG AND CHAIN SLIPPED AND PIPE STRUCK EMPLOYEES TOES

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING THE OLD SIZER FEED BOX, INJURED EMPLOYEE STEPPED INTO A HOLE OUT IN THE CAT WALK.

CATWALK IN SCREEN HOUSE WAS TURNED WRONG WAY.EMPL SLIPPED AND FELL FULL WEIGHT ON LEFT HAND

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON TOP OF RUNNING CONVEYOR BELT. THE BELT CAUGHT EMPLOYEES FOOT AND TOOK IT INTO THE TAIL PULLEY. THE TAIL PULLEYS CUT HIS RIGHT FOOT.

CLEANUP PUMP WAS PLUGGED WITH SLUDGE.EMPL TURNED OFF PUMP AND USED HOSE TO CLEAN OUT PUMP.EMPL TURNED PUMP BY HAND TO FREE SLUDGE.

EMPL LIFTED WATCH GLASS OFF SOLUTION-DRIPPED INTO CUT ON LEFT THUMB.

WALKING ACROSS WET CEMENT AT FLOAT PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET CEMENT.